Inger Greve Alsos
Job description
Prof. Alsos uses ancient sedimentary DNA to study climate and human impact on past ecosystem diversity, species persistence, and ecosystem build-up in arctic and alpine regions. She has also assembled large-scale genome-skims of vascular plants which greatly improves species identification in eDNA studies. Her research group is currently moving towards full-ecosystems reconstruction providing new data on the past diversity of a range of organisms in terrestrial and marine environments.
Research interests
Ongoing projects:
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IceAGenT - Ice Age Genomic Tracking of Refugia and Postglacial Dispersal (ERC consolidator grant)
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ECOGEN - Ecosystem change and species persistence over time: a genome-based approach (Topforsk)
- Future ArcTic Ecosystems (FATE): drivers of diversity and future scenarios from ethnoecology, contemporary ecology and ancient DNA
- http://svalbardflora.no/
- Alsos on Research gate
Teaching
Post docs:
Lucas Elliott (2024-): IceAge Genomic Tracking of Refugia and Postglacial Dispersal
Nichola Stranberg (2024-) ArcEcoGen - Arctic Ecosystem Genomics
Marieke-Lise Beaulieu (2023-): IceAGenT - IceAge Genomic Tracking of Refugia and Postglacial Dispersal
Youri Lammers (2019-2023): IceAGenT: IceAge Genomic Tracking of Refugia and Postglacial Dispersal
Anastasia Poliakova (2019-2021): Future ArcTic Ecosystems (FATE): drivers of diversity and future scenarios from ethnoecology, contemporary ecology and ancient DNA
Sandra Garcés Pastor (2018-2022): ECOGEN - Ecosystem change and species persistence over time: a genome-based approach
Dilli Prasad Rijal (2017-2020 ): ECOGEN - Ecosystem change and species persistence over time: a genome-based approach
Per Sjögren (2014-2017): AfterIce: Ancient DNA of NW Europe reveals responses to climate change
Tina Jørgensen (2012-2013): AfterIce: Ancient DNA of NW Europe reveals responses to climate change
Doktorgradsstudenter:
Yuan Pan (2024-): IceAGenT: IceAge Genomic Tracking of Refugia and Postglacial Dispersal / Changing Arctic Research School
Hedvig Elisabeth Mjøen (2022-): Genomic basis of eco-evolutionary responses to changing environments in Arctic plant-herbivore systems (PI Galina Gusarova)
Mary Lucas (2022-): Archeogenomics (PI Tony Brown)
Alois Nicholas Revéret (2021-): Sedimentary ancient DNA in Arctic lakes: towards a full-ecosystem reconstruction since the Last Glacial Maximum
Tulug Gülce Ataman: The taphonomy of DNA in lakes and small catchments (PI Tony Brown)
Lucas Elliott (2019-2024): IceAge Genomic Tracking of Refugia and Postglacial Dispersal
Lasse Topstad (2019-): IceAGenT: IceAge Genomic Tracking of Refugia and Postglacial Dispersal
Aya Komatsu (2019-): Jomon Environemntal Archaeology and Diet and a Comparison with Northern Scandinavian Hunter-Gatherer-Fishers (h-g-fs). (PI Tony Brown, Tromsø Museum)
Scarlett Zetter (2019-2025): Echos of the past: Finding the secrets of ancient ecosystems using sedaDNA (ECOGEN project)
Sam Hudson (2019-2022): (PI Tony Brown)
María Ariza (2018-2022): Taxon identification and multispecies coalescent plant biodiversity assessments (Plant.ID project, University of Oslo, PI Hugo de Boer)
Physilia Chua (2018-2021): Shotgun sequencing for comparative diet analysis of capercaillies (Plant.ID project, University of Copenhagen, PI Kristine Bohmann)
Aythya Young (2017-2022): Insects, post glacial colonisation and refugia in northern Norway (Edinburgh University, PI Eva Panagiotakopulu)
Youri Lammers (2016-2020): Sedimentary ancient DNA: Exploring methods of ancient DNA analyses for different taxonomical groups
Charlotte Clark (2016-2019): (University of Southampton, PI Mary E. Edwards)
Dilli Prasad Rijal (2012-2016): Invasive Heracleum in Northern Europe: Introduction history and impact on native plant diversity
Chris Ware (2011-2015): Shipping in polar waters: Introduction of marine invasive species through ballast water and biofouling
Teppo Rämä (2010-2014): Diversity of marine wood-inhabiting fungi in North-Norway (PI Geir Mathiassen)
Eike Müller (2008-2011): Dispersal and recruitment in the Arctic: studies of migration and germination in arctic-alpine vascular plants
Kristine Westergaard (2006-2010): Disjunctly distributed arctic-alpine plant species – phylogeography and conservation genetics in a changing world
